A Louisiana Stager's Blog

A Decorator and a Stager utilize the same tools of color, lighting, furniture, accessories, and art, to improve a space,  but endeavor to achieve completely different results. I happen to be a decorator. My job is to find my client's hot button and hit it again and again. I work with elements the...

We often encounter homes with design and function issues that can hinder a sale. Our suggestions in the cases of small kitchens, bedrooms, or bathrooms is to turn a minus into a plus, preferably without knocking down walls. We consulted on this bathroom redesign in Forked Island, Louisiana severa...

This is a super blog from professional stager Maureen Bray outling, with befire and after pictures, why a full-time professional stager is the right choice to make for sellers rather than a Real Estate agwnt, who should be marketing your home instead of trying to stage it. The comments from the a...

Staging Training has been around awhile, and options certainly abound. I have been approached by a number of training companies to instruct, but when Melissa Marro called, I jumped right in. Her business model and work ethic have been impressing me for YEARS, and knew if I ever had a chance to wo...

When I go into a home, I am looking for tacky stuff that might off-put a seller. I mean, that is a lot of what I do. I find it and I also find a nice way to get it out of sight. But I am just as guilty of owning and loving tacky stuff. I have a few off-beat collections that are quite beloved to m...

  Staging your home for a speedy sale requires a lot of de-personalization. Stagers will ask you to take down your family photos, your magnet collection, your sports memorabilia, and your religious objects. The goal is to create a space that not just anyone can relate to, but hopefully EVERYONE c...

Most Stagers consider bed making “high art” and take great pains to be sure every bed in a staged home appears boutique-hotel perfect. A bed should always be the focal point of every bedroom, and it should be treated with great care to elicit a top-notch performance. You can make a bed like a pro...